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Russell's account of the concept of heaven from the second century B.C.E. to the middle of the fourteenth century is rich in historical detail, which will acquaint general readers with the development of a theological concept that has been of central importance in all three "Western" religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Russell's focus, as he notes in the preface, is Christian theology; but his account is relevant to all three traditions. Apart from theological and historical illumination that includes an excellent bibliography and lucid summary of a formidable range of philosophical and theological literature, this is an eloquent celebration of Dante's literary genius. Russell ends with Dante's fourteenth-century account of paradise because, he says, human language has gone no further than this sublime singing of God's silence. If that inspires readers to attend to Dante, to human language, or to silence, the book will be a contribution of lasting literary and spiritual significance as well as a contribution to historical scholarship; for no matter how involved the discussion is, it never loses the interested layperson. Steve Schroeder
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Russell (Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World, 1986, etc.; History and Religious Studies/Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara) offers a sensitive and intellectually alert survey of the concept of heaven, from its roots in Judaism and Greek philosophy through Dante's Paradiso. To many people, heaven suggests a bland and slightly comical attempt to answer questions about life after death. Russell argues that the concept of heaven involves an extensive and fairly coherent body of thought, which he succeeds in making accessible. Beginning with the differing views of the afterlife found in the Hebrew scriptures (where it was called Sheol), our author examines the Greek notions of Hades, judgment, and the transmigration of souls as developed by the Orphic movement and Platonism. He is sensitive to the tensions that the confluence of these traditions created for early Christian theology, e.g., the Greek emphasis on the immortality of the soul versus the Judeo-Christian belief in the resurrection of the body. He looks at answers offered by writers as different as Tertullian, Origen, Augustine, and the Cappadocian Fathers. In the same critical spirit, he sifts through what the tradition has to say about the meaning of time and space in heaven, whether everyone or only a few can get ``there,'' and what happens between one's death and resurrection. Russell devotes his final chapters to a summary and brilliant analysis of the majestic system and metaphors of Dante's Paradiso. He concentrates on the Christian tradition, writing from within it, in a vigorous manner that speaks to the general reader. His writing is thoughtful and elegant; his insights stimulate involvement with the text. A rare combination of scholarship, poetic sensitivity, and insight. (18 b&w photos, not seen) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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A NORMAL human being longs for three things that cannot be attained in this life: understanding of self, understanding of others, and understanding of the cosmos. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Very slow... boring... scattered thoughts...
24. Februar 2011
Format:Taschenbuch
Chapter 1 was BORING but had a few nice questions (but no answers, but enough to make you read on)...
Chapter 2 was terrible and I put the book down
PROS:
- You might get a few ideas about what SOME PEOPLE think heaven MIGHT be like (if you can get through the entire book, because the goodies are scattered far and few between)
CONS:
- All those questions you want to know about heaven? Good luck finding them. He asks questions without answers scattered throughout the whole book.
- Very scattered writings. Nothing seems to be in one place. Hard to follow any logical order to the book. It just rambles.
- Difficult reading, easy to lose track of a thought (and some people think the King James was hard? ha!) Good luck for the average reader.
Chapter 2 was terrible and I put the book down
PROS:
- You might get a few ideas about what SOME PEOPLE think heaven MIGHT be like (if you can get through the entire book, because the goodies are scattered far and few between)
CONS:
- All those questions you want to know about heaven? Good luck finding them. He asks questions without answers scattered throughout the whole book.
- Very scattered writings. Nothing seems to be in one place. Hard to follow any logical order to the book. It just rambles.
- Difficult reading, easy to lose track of a thought (and some people think the King James was hard? ha!) Good luck for the average reader.
20 von 40 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Focuses only on the Christian Account of Heaven
5. Juni 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
A History of Heaven by Jeffrey Burton Russell, takes a decidedly Christian approach to the idea of heaven, and its evolution through the ages - up until the writing of Dante, where he says, all things consummate were consociated and reworded into the current popular picture of heaven. Buying the book, I was expecting it to be a survey and evolutionary look at heaven and the idea of paradisiacal afterlife from Neanderthal to present societies, but instead it turned out to take a definite Christian approach. The author mentions in passing the ideas of Islam and Judaism, but informs the reader he knowledge of these cultures is limited so he will maintain his focus on the Christian Ideal. It is a great reader for those interested in the early Church and it's ideas on Heaven, including some speculative origins, but it is not a true "history" of heaven, limited only to the Christian Theology as well as the period 200BCE to about 1500CE. A good reader nonetheless.
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